There’s a meme, or rather a cartoon, that’s been doing the rounds recently that has two characters looking over a HiFi system with the caption “The two things that really drew me to vinyl were the expense and inconvenience.” If you spend any time on social media, and particularly audiophile groups then I’m sure you will have seen it. And so, if we take this cartoon to be anything like the truth of the matter, this begs the question “Why would anyone bother with such an outmoded and problematic format of music playback?” More »
Norwegian brand Hegel has just launched the V10, their first ever Phonostage, read on for more info and find out what we thought in our review.
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Pro-Ject Audio Systems of Austria has announced a new flagship phono stage to complement their range of turntables and electronics.
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Russ Andrews is expanding its range of accessories for vinyl with the launch of two new cleaning brushes designed to keep records and styli in top condition.
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Henley Audio, unfortunately, have had to report that on a recent shipment into the UK, a quantity of ProJect Audio Systems turntables was stolen in a night-time breach of a shipping trailer.
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Matt McNulty is well known for his refurbishing work on the classic Townshend Rock turntables and has moved into re-bodying cartridges. Stuart Smith has a chat with him.
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Bang & Olufsen has unveiled the rebirth of an icon with the launch of its Beogram 4000c Recreated Limited Edition. This turntable, originally introduced in the early 1970s, is the first product to be released in the company’s new Classics initiative: restoring and reimagining classic products to demonstrate the timelessness of Bang & Olufsen’s capabilities within sound, design, and craftsmanship and to uncover design principles that can extend the lifespan of future products.
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German turntable manufacturer, Acoustic Signature, say that they have been achieving “significant technology breakthroughs” over the last 18 months which has led to them developing the all new 2020 NEO line.
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VPI’s new Prime 21 turntables build upon the Prime series to deliver improved performance and offer a simple set-up procedure.
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Techno mat is a new accessory to the Vertere range designed to both improve the performance of most turntables but also comfort some audiophiles who had expressed concern when changing records sitting directly on a hard Acrylic platter mat.
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The HANA-Umami Red hand-built MC cartridge is named after the word Umami, officially coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda-san as a very pleasing or delicious flavour on the palette, a synergistic effect resulting in higher taste intensity.
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The Grand Master cartridge is a completely new design. The third generation of DS Audio’ s optical cartridge features a comprehensively re-designed optical system that provides the following improvements and benefits.
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Elipson Audio has announced the introduction of their new Chroma Series range of turntables, replacing previous Alpha and Omega versions.
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During the year 2000 the story of Metronome Kalista began, with the first plans of what was to become the first Kalista CD turntable, which came to the market in 2002.
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To celebrate their 55th anniversary, Technics is releasing the SL-1210GAE DD turntable which is wholly made in Japan.
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Sumiko Phono Cartridges has announced the Songbird Low Output moving coil cartridge. Distributed in the UK by Henley Audio, Sumiko offers an array of phono pick-up cartridges to turntable users across the world.
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The HEXMAT Yellow Bird Isolator is a record mat, but a record mat with a difference given its’ unusual design. It costs £115 including delivery and Alan McIntosh was keen to give it a whirl.
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Rega previewed the Aria MK3 switchable phono stage at the Bristol Hi-Fi Show back in February.
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Touraj Moghaddam has confirmed that all Vertere DG-1 Dynamic Groove record players shipped with cartridges during the last month were supplied with the new Vertere Magneto cartridge fitted and aligned. The Magneto is now the standard fit for the DG-1 package.
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Here’s the Hifi Pig latest round-up of updates from the global Hifi Industry telling you what they are doing during the current situation.
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New Jersey turntable manufacturer, VPI, has partnered with Nordost to create the new Weisline Tonearm Cable. When VPI’s designers wanted a fresh, high-performance tonearm cable that would deliver a truly class-leading performance, they turned to their friends at Nordost.
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Clearaudio’s duo of mid-priced phonostages has now been treated to their own V2 upgrade.
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The Aphelion 2 is the 4th generation of Rega’s moving coil cartridges, it takes the technology developed from the latest Apheta 3 to “the highest level”.
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Linn, the creator of the iconic Sondek LP12 turntable, has launched its first bearing upgrade in 27 years, the precision-engineered Karousel.
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Vinyl Is A PITA!
There’s a meme, or rather a cartoon, that’s been doing the rounds recently that has two characters looking over a HiFi system with the caption “The two things that really drew me to vinyl were the expense and inconvenience.” If you spend any time on social media, and particularly audiophile groups then I’m sure you will have seen it. And so, if we take this cartoon to be anything like the truth of the matter, this begs the question “Why would anyone bother with such an outmoded and problematic format of music playback?” More »